2010: Odyssey Two (Space Odyssey, Book 2) by Arthur C. Clarke

One of the 35 publication (digital-only) 2012 RosettaBooks releases comprising the full Arthur C. Clarke Collection.

In 1968, Arthur C. Clarke's best-selling 2001: an area Odyssey captivated the world—and was once tailored right into a now-classic movie by means of Stanley Kubrick. fanatics needed to wait fourteen years for the sequel—but whilst it got here out, it was once an fast hit, profitable the Hugo Award for top Novel in 1983.

Nine years after the ill-fated Discovery One challenge to Jupiter, a joint Soviet-American group travels to the planet to enquire the mysterious monolith orbiting the planet, the reason for the sooner mission's failure—and the disappearance of David Bowman. The workforce contains Heywood Floyd, the lone survivor from the former project, and Dr. Chandra, the writer of HAL.

What they locate isn't any below an unsettling alien conspiracy—surrounding the evolutionary destiny of indigenous existence kinds on Jupiter's moon Europa, in addition to that of the human species itself. A gripping continuation of the cherished Odyssey universe, 2010: Odyssey II is science-fiction storytelling at its most sensible.

Titans of Chaos completes John Wright's The Chronicles of Chaos. introduced in Orphans of Chaos—a Nebula Award Nominee for top novel in 2006, and a Locus Year's top Novel decide for 2005—and endured in Fugitives of Chaos, the trilogy is ready 5 orphans raised in a strict British boarding institution who found that they're no longer human.

No longer too lengthy from this present day, a brand new, hugely contagious virus makes its method around the globe. such a lot who fall ill event not anything worse than flu, fever and complications. yet for the unfortunate one percentage – and approximately 5 million souls within the usa by myself – the ailment motives "Lock In": sufferers totally unsleeping and acutely aware, yet not able to maneuver or reply to stimulus.

Hounded by means of collectors and heckled via an uncooperative robotic, binge-drinking inventor Galloway Gallegher needs to remedy the secret of his personal machines earlier than his dodgy financing and reckless way of life meet up with him! this whole number of Kuttner's 5 vintage "Gallegher" tales provides the writer on the top of his creative genius.

In a global deeply wounded by way of centuries of environmental harm, not likely souls sign up for forces: Dr. Ingrid Seastrom has stumbled right into a secret concerning quantum-entangled nanoscale implants—a secret that simply could kill her. Whispr is a thief and assassin whose radical physique adjustments have left him so skinny he's all yet two-dimensional.

It was curious Alex was such a knowledgeable and compliant participant in a Chinese lab. His petulance at my Cryonic 37 question amplified my suspicion. I leaned forward carefully and spoke with accentuated base, “Well, Al, seems to me you are well versed in the interests and activities of the Chinese. And here you are, in their lab, helping them with their little science project. So, I need to know what your deal is. ” Alex sighed deeply before he spoke. ” Then he stood up and worked his way toward the hallway, speaking hurriedly while motioning for me to follow.

Yes, their offer appeared genuine and most generous. China is not the country you knew. Their economy dwarfed ours long before the tsunami hit. They had tamed inflation, overpopulation . . even their massive appetite for natural resources wasn’t able to hold them back. China had become the world’s premier superpower, and they acted the part. ” I dropped the chopsticks onto my plate with a loud ping. I’d wiped the plate clean while listening to Alex and wasn’t sure what to do with it. The plate and chopsticks were made of ceramic that didn’t seem disposable.

The same arm reached over and grabbed hold of one of the men in white coats. Elliott pulled the man backwards until he fell on top of him and then he wrapped his other arm around the man and held him tight. Once Elliott had a good hold on him, he took a vicious bite out of the man’s neck. I ran over to Elliott’s bed on instinct, more for Elliott’s sake than anything. If he wanted to maul our captors, that was fine with me, I just wanted to make sure they didn’t retaliate. The doctors ran to their colleague’s aid.